Marketing description

The HPE Smart Array P440 controller is a low-profile controller that provides enterprise-class storage performance, increased internal storage scalability with SAS Expander Card, and data protection for HPE ProLiant Gen9 rack and tower servers. It features eight internal physical links and delivers increased server uptime by providing advanced storage functionality, including online RAID level migration between any RAID levels with flash backed write cache (FBWC), global online spare, and pre-failure warnings. This controller includes transportable FBWC allowing the data in the cache to be migrated to a new controller. The Gen9 family of controllers supports the HPE Smart Storage Battery. With HPE Smart Storage Battery, multiple Smart Array controllers are supported without needing additional backup power sources for each controller, resulting in simple upgrade process.

Key selling points

• PCI Express Gen3 x8 link width delivers high performance and data bandwidth up to 8GT/s theoretical maximum bandwidth
• Supports legacy and UEFI boot operation on Gen9 servers
• The HPE SmartCache feature (HPE Smart Cache license is required on P440) is a controller-based read caching solution in a DAS environment that caches the most frequently accessed data ("hot" data) onto lower latency SSDs to dynamically accelerate application workloads
• HPE Secure Encryption is a Smart Array controller-based data encryption solution for ProLiant Gen9 servers that protects sensitive, mission critical data
• Mix-and-match SAS and SATA hard drives lets you deploy drive technology as needed to fit your computing environment
• Support for SAS tape products
• Low-profile PCI Express form factor - ships with a full size and a low profile bracket for deployment flexibility based on slot availability
• Power efficiency

Product features

• Data compatibility among most current shipping Smart Array controllers
  Allows simple and easy upgrades any time as needs for higher performance, capacity, and availability increase. Even successive generations of Smart Array controllers understand the data format of other Smart Array Controllers.
• Consistent configuration and management tools
  Most current shipping Smart Array products utilize a standard set of management and utility software. These tools minimize Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) by reducing training requirements and technical expertise necessary to install and maintain the HPE server storage.